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557 pages. Very good condition, with a few penciled numbers from owner's cataloging, a little age-soiling on cover and a couple of slightly bumped corners; all pages clean, tight and secure, except title page, which has detached.Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan's classic and highly influential study of the importance of sea power (he invented the term). According to naval historian Suzanne Geissler, Mahan may have been the most influential American author of the 19th century, certainly in terms of his influence on the navies of the world at the time, and up until today; arguably his work was pivotal in establishing the United States as a world power.

In Catalan.
Cardboard boards, tanned spine, some corner-bumping and light soling of boards, external hinges cracked, internal sound; a little age-darkening, but all pages intact, clean and unmarked. Backstrip is beginning to separate, but the binding is sound. Numerous black and white photographic tissue-protected illustrations.
Founded in 1907 by the eminent Catalan nationalist, politician, author and lawyer Enric Prat de la Riba i Sarrà (1870 – 1917), the prestigious Institute for Catalan Studies publishes and fosters research in a number of fields, such as linguistics, history, sociology, philology, etc., primarily in the humanities and social sciences. It promotes all aspects of Catalan language, culture and identity.
This hard-to-find volume details the first 25 years of the Institute and the contributions of prominent Catalan nationalists, writers and scholars.

Very good condition, all pages tight and clean with no foxing, stains or tearing; some abrasion on hinge of front cover and glue separation from front board, though stitching is still tight.This work follows Admiral Mahan's (1840-1914) classic and highly influential The Influence of Sea Power upon History 1660-1783 (1890), and his masterful and comprehensive analysis of French (particularly) and European naval warfare in the period between the American War of Independence and the French Revolution in The Influence of Sea Power upon the French Revolution and Empire, 1793–1812 (2 vols., 1892).In The Interest of America in Sea Power (1897), a collection of articles and essays he wrote for a number publications, he explains the centrality of maritime capability for the present and future of the United States, and endeavors to make his fellow citizens aware of their challenges, responsibilities and critical need for sea power. Mahan was certainly the most influential American author of the 19th century… Read More

332 pages. Binding is solid, all pages intact; some foxing and minor staining, but book is eminently readableGrant Overton (1881-1930) was a literary critic, editor, and novelist. He was an editorial writer and the literary editor for the New York Sun from 1906 to 1919, editor of Colliers Magazine, then worked for George H. Doran, the book publisher, and was author of at least ten books and editor of collections of short stories.This is his then-highly-popular romance of a very sheltered young woman experiencing the racy world of New York City.

339 pages. Very good +, with a little tanning of spine; binding is tight, all pages clear, unmarked and pristine. Inscription by Prof. Zupko to the former owner, Prof. Kenneth M. Setton of the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study; flyleaf bears his ownership stamp.Prof. Zupko is an acknowledged expert in historical metrology and the development of measurement systems from the medieval period to modern times. In Italy, standardization of measures developed very late (really not until "unification"), and as a result a multiplicity of systems and metrics prevailed for centuries; Prof. Zupko presents a comprehensive synthesis and analysis of these, and discusses their development in different Italian regions and spheres of influence and control.